Batman is dead - here's what you need to know
Batman is dead. RIP the Dark Knight, 1939-2022.
That's right - the Caped Crusader has been killed, along with the rest of his fellow superheroes including Wonder Woman and Superman in the Justice League. In April 26's Justice League #75 appropriately titled 'Death of the Justice League,' the majority of the team is defeated and killed by a so-called 'Dark Army' assembled of some of the most deadly villains in the DC Universe, and Batman isn't spared.
Over 80 years on the streets of Gotham City and beyond into the wider DC 'Omniverse,' Batman has become one of the most influential and popular superhero characters ever - and now his legacy apparently comes to an end at the hands of a group of cosmically powerful foes. But this being comic books, the details of Batman's death in Justice League #75 aren't exactly cut and dry, and you can bet DC won't be giving up on the idea of Batman (or the Justice League as a whole) anytime soon.
Here's what you need to know about how it happened, why it happened, and what happens next in the wake of Batman's death.
In Justice League #75, the League goes up against the aforementioned 'Dark Army' of supervillains including ultra-powerful foes such as Darkseid, Doomsday, and more all under the power of the Great Darkness - and what's more, the heroes actually lose.
Facing off with the Dark Army, the Justice League is caught off guard by the power wielded by the Dark Army's leader, Pariah, who seeks to undo the death of his own world way back in 1985's Crisis on Infinite Earths. The first DC crossover event that remade and rewrote DC's entire reality, the publisher has been undoing, re-remaking, and re-rewriting its events in the 37 years since.
Though they put up a good fight, all but one
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